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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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directional stability
Aviation; Aircraft
Stability about the vertical axis of an aircraft, whereby an aircraft tends to return, on its own, to flight aligned with the relative wind when disturbed from that equilibrium ...
poor judgment chain
Aviation; Aircraft
A series of mistakes that may lead to an accident or incident. Two basic principles generally associated with the creation of a poor judgment chain are: (1) one bad decision often ...
magnetic heading (MH)
Aviation; Aircraft
The direction an aircraft is pointed with respect to magnetic north.
position error
Aviation; Aircraft
Error in the indication of the altimeter, ASI, and VSI caused by the air at the static system entrance not being absolutely still.
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